The increasing popularity of high speed broadband services helped push the number of ISP subscriptions up by 4.1% year on year during September, according to new figures from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS).
Standard dial-up connections decreased by 7.7% year on year in September, whilst the number of permanent connections showed an impressive 130% year on year increase, with month on month growth alone standing at 6.1%.
The report shows that permanent connections, which include broadband and ADSL services, now account for almost 20% of all internet access subscriptions. This is a substantial jump from just over 8% in the same period last year.